FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1987
INITIAL STEP TO DRAFT LEGISLATION TO DEAL WITH VICE DEN SIGNS
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AN ATTEMPT IS BEING MADE TO DRAFT LEGISLATION WHICH WILL HELP TO DEAL WITH PROBLEMS OF SIGNS OF VICE ESTABLISHMENTS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE END OF A VISIT TO MONG KOK DISTRICT, SIR DAVID SAID THE PROBLEM OF SIGNPOSTS AND SIGNS OF VICE DENS WAS NOT AN EASY ONE TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE THE LEGISLATION WAS NOT THERE TO DEAL WITH IT.
"THE POLICE ARE BEING VERY ACTIVE TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE QUESTION OF VICE DENS. THERE ARE OTHER PROBLEMS SUCH AS, IN PARTICULAR, THE NEED TO DEAL WITH SIGNPOSTS OR SIGNS OUTSIDE IN THE STREET WHICH OFFEND SOME PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WHICH IN OTHER CASES ARE POSSIBLY DANGEROUS BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO LARGE, HE SAID.
"THERE IS AT THE MOMENT AN ATTEMPT BEING MADE TO DRAFT LEGISLATION WHICH WILL HELP TO DEAL WITH THOSE PROBLEMS. BUT NOBODY PRETENDS THAT IT IS AN EASY PROBLEM TO GET ON TOP OF," HE ADDED.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION ON THE GOVERNMENT'S ACTIONS TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF AIDS THROUGH PROSTITUTION, SIR DAIVD SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD LAUNCHED A VERY SUBSTANTIAL CAMPAIGN TO TRY ΤΟ EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF AIDS,
"IT'S NOT JUST THE PROBLEM OF AIDS THROUGH PROSTITUTION, BUT AIDS IN EVERY OTHER FORM OF SEXUAL CONTACT. IT MEANS A MASSIVE EDUCATION CAMPAIGN THAT IS NOW BEING DONE," HE NOTED.
WAS AND
REFERRING TO HIS VISIT TO THE DISTRICT, SIR DAVID SAID HE IMPRESSED TO SEE HOW THE PROBLEM OF HAWKING COULD BE CHANNELLED BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL BY THE HAWKERS PERMITTED AREA SCHEME, AND HOW THE PROBLEM OF ILLEGAL CONNECTION OF ELECTRICITY IN THAT AREA WAS DEALT WITH BY THE LEGAL METERING SYSTEM.
"ALL THE HAWKERS WHOM I TALKED TO THERE SAID IT WAS A GREAT IMPROVEMENT OVER THE PAST BECAUSE IT WAS A SAFER SYSTEM AND IT ALSO A MUCH TIDIER SYSTEM THAN IT HAD BEEN BEFORE, HE SAID.
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SIR DAVID SAID HE WAS ALSO IMPRESSED BY THE WORK OF THE CORPORATIONS (OC'S) IN IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF PRIVATE BUILDINGS,
HE SAID THE BUILDING HE VISITED THIS AFTERNOON WAS 23 YEARS' OLD AND HAD BECOME VERY DILAPIDATED, BUT BECAUSE OF THE EFFICIENCY AND ENERGY OF THE OWNERS CORPORATION, THE BUILDING'S CONDITIONS WERE GREATLY IMPROVED.
/SIR DAVID